Alexander Shishkin 5bce9db189 perf/core: Explain perf_sched_mutex ...

To clarify why atomic_inc_return(&perf_sched_events) is not sufficient and
a mutex is needed to order static branch enabling vs the atomic counter
increment, this adds a comment with a short explanation.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170829140103.6563-1-alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

2017-09-29 13:28:30 +02:00

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bpf

bpf: fix ri->map_owner pointer on bpf_prog_realloc

2017-09-19 16:38:53 -07:00

cgroup

Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2017-09-12 11:30:56 -07:00

configs

ANDROID: binder: add hwbinder,vndbinder to BINDER_DEVICES.

2017-08-22 18:43:23 -07:00

debug

sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/debug.h>

2017-03-02 08:42:34 +01:00

events

perf/core: Explain perf_sched_mutex

2017-09-29 13:28:30 +02:00

gcov

gcov: support GCC 7.1

2017-05-12 15:57:15 -07:00

irq

genirq: Fix cpumask check in __irq_startup_managed()

2017-09-16 20:20:56 +02:00

livepatch

livepatch: Fix stacking of patches with respect to RCU

2017-06-20 10:42:19 +02:00

locking

mm: treewide: remove GFP_TEMPORARY allocation flag

2017-09-13 18:53:16 -07:00

power

Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2017-09-12 11:30:56 -07:00

printk

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pmladek/printk

2017-09-07 21:00:52 -07:00

rcu

Stack tracing and RCU has been having issues with each other and lockdep

2017-09-25 15:22:31 -07:00

sched

sched/wait: Introduce wakeup boomark in wake_up_page_bit

2017-09-14 09:56:18 -07:00

time

drivers/pps: aesthetic tweaks to PPS-related content

2017-09-08 18:26:51 -07:00

trace

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block

2017-09-25 15:46:04 -07:00

.gitignore

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acct.c

fs: make the buf argument to __kernel_write a void pointer

2017-09-04 19:05:15 -04:00

async.c

async: Adjust system_state checks

2017-05-23 10:01:37 +02:00

audit_fsnotify.c

Merge branch 'fsnotify' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs

2017-05-03 11:05:15 -07:00

audit_tree.c

Merge branch 'fsnotify' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs

2017-05-03 11:05:15 -07:00

audit_watch.c

audit/stable-4.13 PR 20170816

2017-08-16 16:48:34 -07:00

audit.c

audit: update the function comments

2017-09-05 09:46:59 -04:00

audit.h

ipc: mqueue: Replace timespec with timespec64

2017-09-03 20:21:24 -04:00

auditfilter.c

audit: kernel generated netlink traffic should have a portid of 0

2017-05-02 10:16:05 -04:00

auditsc.c

Merge branch 'work.ipc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

2017-09-14 17:37:26 -07:00

backtracetest.c

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bounds.c

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capability.c

capability: export has_capability

2017-01-12 07:01:56 -07:00

compat.c

semtimedop(): move compat to native

2017-07-15 20:46:47 -04:00

configs.c

Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally

2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00

context_tracking.c

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cpu_pm.c

PM / CPU: replace raw_notifier with atomic_notifier

2017-07-31 13:09:49 +02:00

cpu.c

Merge branch 'smp-hotplug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2017-09-04 13:53:53 -07:00

crash_core.c

kdump: protect vmcoreinfo data under the crash memory

2017-07-12 16:26:00 -07:00

crash_dump.c

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cred.c

doc: ReSTify credentials.txt

2017-05-18 10:30:19 -06:00

delayacct.c

sched/headers: Prepare to move cputime functionality from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/cputime.h>

2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00

dma.c

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elfcore.c

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exec_domain.c

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exit.c

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace

2017-09-11 18:34:47 -07:00

extable.c

extable: Enable RCU if it is not watching in kernel_text_address()

2017-09-23 16:50:20 -04:00

fork.c

selinux/stable-4.14 PR 20170831

2017-09-12 13:21:00 -07:00

freezer.c

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futex_compat.c

Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally

2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00

futex.c

futex: Remove duplicated code and fix undefined behaviour

2017-08-25 22:49:59 +02:00

groups.c

kernel/groups.c: use sort library function

2017-07-10 16:32:34 -07:00

hung_task.c

kernel/hung_task.c: defer showing held locks

2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00

irq_work.c

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jump_label.c

jump_label: Provide hotplug context variants

2017-08-10 12:28:59 +02:00

kallsyms.c

kernel/kallsyms.c: replace all_var with IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL)

2017-07-10 16:32:34 -07:00

kcmp.c

kcmp: add KCMP_EPOLL_TFD mode to compare epoll target files

2017-07-12 16:26:01 -07:00

Kconfig.freezer

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Kconfig.hz

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Kconfig.locks

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Kconfig.preempt

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kcov.c

kcov: support compat processes

2017-09-08 18:26:51 -07:00

kexec_core.c

x86/mm, kexec: Allow kexec to be used with SME

2017-07-18 11:38:04 +02:00

kexec_file.c

kexec_file: adjust declaration of kexec_purgatory

2017-07-12 16:26:02 -07:00

kexec_internal.h

kexec_file: adjust declaration of kexec_purgatory

2017-07-12 16:26:02 -07:00

kexec.c

kdump: protect vmcoreinfo data under the crash memory

2017-07-12 16:26:00 -07:00

kmod.c

kmod: move #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES wrapper to Makefile

2017-09-08 18:26:51 -07:00

kprobes.c

kprobes: Warn if optprobe handler tries to change execution path

2017-09-28 09:23:04 +02:00

ksysfs.c

kexec: move vmcoreinfo out of the kernel's .bss section

2017-07-12 16:25:59 -07:00

kthread.c

kernel/kthread.c: kthread_worker: don't hog the cpu

2017-08-31 16:33:15 -07:00

latencytop.c

sched/headers: Prepare to move sched_info_on() and force_schedstat_enabled() from <linux/sched.h> to <linux/sched/stat.h>

2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00

Makefile

kmod: move #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES wrapper to Makefile

2017-09-08 18:26:51 -07:00

memremap.c

mm/device-public-memory: device memory cache coherent with CPU

2017-09-08 18:26:46 -07:00

module_signing.c

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module-internal.h

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module.c

module: fix ddebug_remove_module()

2017-07-25 15:08:32 +02:00

notifier.c

kernel/notifier.c: simplify expression

2017-02-24 17:46:56 -08:00

nsproxy.c

perf: Add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info

2017-03-13 15:57:41 -03:00

padata.c

padata: Avoid nested calls to cpus_read_lock() in pcrypt_init_padata()

2017-05-26 10:10:37 +02:00

panic.c

locking/refcounts, x86/asm: Implement fast refcount overflow protection

2017-08-17 10:40:26 +02:00

params.c

boot/param: Move next_arg() function to lib/cmdline.c for later reuse

2017-04-18 10:37:13 +02:00

pid_namespace.c

userns,pidns: Verify the userns for new pid namespaces

2017-07-20 07:43:58 -05:00

pid.c

pids: make task_tgid_nr_ns() safe

2017-08-21 12:47:31 -07:00

profile.c

sched/headers: Prepare to move sched_info_on() and force_schedstat_enabled() from <linux/sched.h> to <linux/sched/stat.h>

2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00

ptrace.c

signal: Remove kernel interal si_code magic

2017-07-24 14:30:28 -05:00

range.c

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reboot.c

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relay.c

Merge branch 'work.splice' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

2017-05-02 11:38:06 -07:00

resource.c

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seccomp.c

seccomp: fix the usage of get/put_seccomp_filter() in seccomp_get_filter()

2017-09-27 22:51:12 -07:00

signal.c

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace

2017-09-11 18:34:47 -07:00

smp.c

treewide: make "nr_cpu_ids" unsigned

2017-09-08 18:26:48 -07:00

smpboot.c

sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task.h>

2017-03-02 08:42:35 +01:00

smpboot.h

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softirq.c

sched/core: Remove 'task' parameter and rename tsk_restore_flags() to current_restore_flags()

2017-04-11 09:06:32 +02:00

stacktrace.c

stacktrace/x86: add function for detecting reliable stack traces

2017-03-08 09:18:02 +01:00

stop_machine.c

stop_machine: Provide stop_machine_cpuslocked()

2017-05-26 10:10:36 +02:00

sys_ni.c

move aio compat to fs/aio.c

2016-12-22 22:58:37 -05:00

sys.c

prctl: Allow local CAP_SYS_ADMIN changing exe_file

2017-07-20 07:46:07 -05:00

sysctl_binary.c

fs: fix kernel_write prototype

2017-09-04 19:05:15 -04:00

sysctl.c

kernel/watchdog: split up config options

2017-07-12 16:26:02 -07:00

task_work.c

task_work: Replace spin_unlock_wait() with lock/unlock pair

2017-07-25 10:08:58 -07:00

taskstats.c

taskstats: add e/u/stime for TGID command

2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00

test_kprobes.c

kprobes: Improve smoke test to check preemptibility

2017-09-28 09:23:03 +02:00

torture.c

torture: Fix typo suppressing CPU-hotplug statistics

2017-07-25 13:04:45 -07:00

tracepoint.c

sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task.h>

2017-03-02 08:42:35 +01:00

tsacct.c

sched/headers: Prepare to move cputime functionality from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/cputime.h>

2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00

ucount.c

ucount: Remove the atomicity from ucount->count

2017-03-06 15:26:37 -06:00

uid16.c

sched/headers: Prepare to remove <linux/cred.h> inclusion from <linux/sched.h>

2017-03-02 08:42:31 +01:00

umh.c

kmod: split out umh code into its own file

2017-09-08 18:26:50 -07:00

up.c

smp: Avoid using two cache lines for struct call_single_data

2017-08-29 15:14:38 +02:00

user_namespace.c

userns,pidns: Verify the userns for new pid namespaces

2017-07-20 07:43:58 -05:00

user-return-notifier.c

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user.c

sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/user.h>

2017-03-02 08:42:29 +01:00

utsname_sysctl.c

sched/headers: Remove <linux/rwsem.h> from <linux/sched.h>

2017-03-03 01:45:36 +01:00

utsname.c

sched/headers: Prepare to move the task_lock()/unlock() APIs to <linux/sched/task.h>

2017-03-02 08:42:38 +01:00

watchdog_hld.c

kernel/watchdog: Prevent false positives with turbo modes

2017-08-18 12:35:02 +02:00

watchdog.c

kernel/watchdog: Prevent false positives with turbo modes

2017-08-18 12:35:02 +02:00

workqueue_internal.h

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workqueue.c

Merge branch 'for-4.14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq

2017-09-06 21:59:31 -07:00